Saldanha Steel, Pliocene (Pliocene of South Africa)
Where: South Africa (33.0° S, 18.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° S, 17.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Varswater Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. A. Avery and R. G. Klein. 2011. Review of fossil phocid and otariid seals from the southern and western coasts of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 66(1):14-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 115221: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.08.2011
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Mammalia | |
? Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal | |
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